Time Inc.s chief executive, Jack Griffin, is leaving the company after less than six months on the job  forced out over what company executives said was a widespread sense that his management style was brusque and did not fit the corporate culture there.

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Mr. Griffin, a Roman Catholic, made some in the company uneasy by referencing his faith in meetings and interactions with subordinates, two company executives said. On at least one occasion, he compared Time Inc. to the Vatican as a way of illustrating its prestige and might, these people said. Mr. Bewkes personally intervened, asking Mr. Griffin to tone down the religious references.

In an order that many inside the company felt was an unnecessary use of resources, Mr. Griffin insisted that all Time Inc. magazines  which include Sports Illustrated, People, Entertainment Weekly and Fortune  run mastheads, a listing of the magazines staff, that carried his name first. When Time Inc. magazines ran mastheads in the past, they typically listed top editors names first.

Sounds like he was an a-hole ego who just happened to be Catholic.

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posted on 02/17/2011 7:42:47 PM PST
by LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)

Mr. Griffins selection as chief executive of Time Inc., the worlds largest magazine publisher, surprised many in the industry when the appointment was announced in August. Mr. Griffin had been head of the magazine division at Meredith, the Des Moines-based publisher of magazines like Better Homes and Gardens, Family Circle and Ladies Home Journal.

Time could not deal with an executive who actually knew how to make a profit.

It looks like it is better to keep the environment at this Liberal bastion pure than to have a hieratic embarrassing the cocktail circuit crowd and making this rag profitable. Good luck in the unemployment line Time employees.

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posted on 02/17/2011 7:48:18 PM PST
by Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)

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